Association for Promoting Retreats

@promotingretreats.org

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Encouraging prayer and Christian spirituality, especially through retreats

A fresco of st Clare, wearing a nuns habit and black veil and holding a lily
A small stone-built cottage with a pale blue door and windows
A photo of three young children sitting on the edge of the sea on a Sandy beach, seen from behind
A photo of a leather-bound Bible sitting open on a wooden bench
A photo of the red brick building of Pleshey retreat house seen across a grassy lawn
A collage of photos of the spacious retreat house, its iconic circular oratory building and groups of smiling people under an awning in the garden
A photo of a laptop screen with images of people attending an online meeting
A bishop in a red chasuble laying his hands on an ordinand, who is kneeling on the altar steps in a cathedral
The black and white timber-boarded building of Holland house, with a thatched roof, seen through a flowerbed of lupins
A collage of Photos of the Trustees of the Association for Promoting Retreats
Two photos - A wooden bench under a tree, and a large wooden cross in a colourful flowerbed
The large imposing red brick building seen through the branches of a massive cedar tree
A flat sand dune along the edge of the coastline with three isolated people sitting looking out to sea
A painting of an old-fashioned rigged sailing ship on a stormy sea
The interior of a sitting room in a retreat house, with several comfortable armchairs around a large stone fireplace with tall windows at the side
A photo of Ian and Gail Adams in a garden
An octagonal conservatory with the sunshine string in at interesting angles
A large red brick building on the side of a hill, seen across a grassy field, with a long white conservatory along the front
Two photos, one of a wooden bench in the shade of a tall pine tree, and the other of a cool whitewashed chapel with a triangular window
A map of the UK with more than 80 red flags on marking the locations of retreat houses
A still estuary seem across a grassy field, and reflecting a cloudy sky
A laptop showing a zoom meeting in progress with an inset photo of retreat leader Alison Christian
A close up photo of tangled tree roots
A wooden signpost on the top of a moorland hill, with blue sky behind
A large brick house, covered in a climbing plant, on the side of a hill
A patch of large white daisies against a deep blue sea and a granite headland
A simple wooden bench overlooking a still lake Under a brooding cloudy sky
A lady sitting on a chair in a garden, reading
A photo of a pile of coloured pencils on a desk in a school classroom
A poster featuring scones, cream and jam, and the resident alpacas from the Greenhouse
A view of a large stone house under mature cedar trees, with the blue sea in the background
A photo of a lady sitting in a woodland reading a Bible
A photo of a laptop screen with an online group meeting, with an inset image of retreat leader Alison Christian
A photo of a large house built of yellowish sandstone and with wisteria along its verandah
A photo of a pile of coloured pencils in a classroom
A photo of a table laden with foods for a tea party, with people sitting round the edge
Demelza, wearing a colourful smock, standing under the signpost at John O’Groats
A mosaic on Jesus as shepherd, with a lamb on his shoulders
A photo of a large White House with a verandah, and a bush full of pink flowers on the left
The ancient castle-like ruins in the grounds of whalley abbey
An illustration from a medieval manuscript of a nun in a blue habit and white veil writing in a book
A sunny daffodil-filled garden with a large stone house around two sides
A photo of RA Patron, Mark Oakley speaking into a microphone standing behind a gold-painted icon
Wooden statues of St Francis of Assisi holding a bird, and the Virgin Mary on a sunny windowsill
A row of three bright yellow sunflowers against a blue sky
A view of Lindisfarne castle on a promontory seen across a bay, where the blue sea reflects the blue sky
A large wooden cross in the middle of a gravelly circle in the middle of a lawn
A laptop showing an online gathering with a cup of tea and vase of flowers
The grand gabled frontage of Foxhill house surrounded by mature trees and seen across a well-mown lawn
A calm estuary under a stormy cloudy sky
Pictures of craft materials, including cotton reels and a paint box, as well as someone reading a Bible
A colourful corner of a kitchen garden
The inside of a stone-built octagonal chapel with a circular altar table in the middle
A rustic stone altar in a barn/chapel with a Celtic cerise above and an icon to the right. You can see hills out of the open window
A grand room being used as a chapel, with an altar at the end, a stone mantelpiece behind, oak-surrounded windows and a blue carpet
A painting of Jesus the gardener meeting Mary Magdalene by a cave in a garden
The grand frontage of the Fintry Trust house with two gable windows seen through a pink azalea bush
A bishop laying his hands on new deacons at an ordination service
Demelza under the sign post at John O’Groats, with a harbour in the background
A well-mown lawn in the sunshine, with flowerbeds all around , and with a tall pointy plant (an echium) at the side